London Senior Analyst Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Analyst role in IT contracts within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Senior Analyst
Location Amersham Basingstoke Bath Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Gosport Halifax Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hove Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Liverpool Livingston London Luton Lutterworth M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Osterley Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Rickmansworth Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Helens Staffordshire Staines Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	109	118
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	503	699
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.680 %	0.689 %
As % of the category below	1.704 %	1.581 %
Daily rates quoted	244	350
Average minimum daily rate	£442	£501
Average daily rate	£471	£531
% change on same period last year	-11.27 %
Average maximum daily rate	£500	£561
UK excluding London average daily rate	£366	£369
% change on same period last year	-0.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	23
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.17	£29.86
Average hourly rate	£29.92	£31.51
% change on same period last year	-5.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.67	£33.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.87	£33.52
% change on same period last year	-16.84 %
Job Titles London
Matching contract IT job ads	29525	44224
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	39.91 %	43.61 %
Daily rates quoted	12617	16632
Average minimum daily rate	£405	£425
Average daily rate	£435	£453
% change on same period last year	-4.06 %
Average maximum daily rate	£464	£482
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£355
% change on same period last year	-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	1628	2304
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.77	£23.98
Average hourly rate	£25.42	£25.70
% change on same period last year	-1.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.07	£27.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.85	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.14 %
Senior Analyst England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Senior Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Senior Analyst across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Analyst across the London region.

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Senior Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Senior Analyst across the London region.

Senior Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Analyst across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Senior Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Analyst within the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
City of London	-4	155	£476	-3.47 %
Canary Wharf	+7	13	£488	-10.12 %
Docklands, London	+10	11	£368	-31.27 %
Feltham	-	4	£300	-
Bromley	-1	2	£309	+12.27 %
Croydon	+6	1	-	-
Osterley	-	1	-	-
Luton	-	1	£500	-
Kingston Upon Thames	-	1	£450	-

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Senior Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Senior Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Senior Analyst in their job title.

1 318 (33.26 %) Finance 2 290 (30.33 %) Banking 3 201 (21.03 %) SQL 4 200 (20.92 %) Investment Banking 5 161 (16.84 %) Derivative 6 131 (13.70 %) Windows 7 126 (13.18 %) Business Analysis 8 102 (10.67 %) Front Office 9 92 (9.623 %) Oracle 10 87 (9.100 %) UNIX 11 80 (8.368 %) SQL Server 12 79 (8.264 %) Equities 12 79 (8.264 %) User Acceptance Testing 13 71 (7.427 %) Java 14 69 (7.218 %) .NET

15 60 (6.276 %) Project Management 15 60 (6.276 %) Microsoft 16 59 (6.172 %) C# 17 56 (5.858 %) ISEB 17 56 (5.858 %) Investment Management 18 55 (5.753 %) UML 19 51 (5.335 %) Back Office 20 48 (5.021 %) XML 20 48 (5.021 %) Sybase 20 48 (5.021 %) Windows Server 2003 21 46 (4.812 %) Change Management 22 44 (4.603 %) Retail 23 43 (4.498 %) Datawarehouse 24 42 (4.393 %) Insurance 24 42 (4.393 %) QA

Senior Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Senior Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Senior Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 69 (7.218 %) .NET 2 48 (5.021 %) XML 3 31 (3.243 %) J2EE 4 24 (2.510 %) ASP.NET 5 19 (1.987 %) ASP 6 14 (1.464 %) HTML 7 11 (1.151 %) XSLT 7 11 (1.151 %) XML Messaging 8 10 (1.046 %) MDX 9 8 (0.837 %) Middleware 10 7 (0.732 %) FpML 10 7 (0.732 %) WebServices 11 6 (0.628 %) COM+ 12 5 (0.523 %) Spring 13 4 (0.418 %) .NET Framework 13 4 (0.418 %) Hibernate 13 4 (0.418 %) ActiveX 13 4 (0.418 %) EJB 13 4 (0.418 %) CSS 13 4 (0.418 %) WCF	Application Platforms 1 22 (2.301 %) SharePoint 2 15 (1.569 %) MS Exchange 3 13 (1.360 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 12 (1.255 %) TIBCO EMS 5 10 (1.046 %) IIS 6 8 (0.837 %) MQSeries 7 7 (0.732 %) SAS 8 6 (0.628 %) WebLogic 9 4 (0.418 %) Apache 10 3 (0.314 %) Lotus Notes 10 3 (0.314 %) Lotus Domino 11 2 (0.209 %) JBoss 11 2 (0.209 %) Oracle Workflow 11 2 (0.209 %) SharePoint Server 2007 12 1 (0.105 %) Exchange Server 2007 12 1 (0.105 %) Exchange Server 5.5 12 1 (0.105 %) Exchange Server 2000 12 1 (0.105 %) CMS 12 1 (0.105 %) Documentum
Applications 1 36 (3.766 %) MS Office 2 30 (3.138 %) MS Excel 3 23 (2.406 %) MS Project 4 15 (1.569 %) MS Visio 5 7 (0.732 %) SPSS 6 5 (0.523 %) MS PowerPoint 7 4 (0.418 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 25 (2.615 %) Summit 2 18 (1.883 %) Endur 3 17 (1.778 %) Loan IQ 4 6 (0.628 %) Findur 5 5 (0.523 %) Oracle EBS 5 5 (0.523 %) Kondor+ 6 3 (0.314 %) SunGard GMI 6 3 (0.314 %) MAXIMO 6 3 (0.314 %) SimCorp Dimension 6 3 (0.314 %) assyst 7 2 (0.209 %) FRONT ARENA 7 2 (0.209 %) Tesseract 7 2 (0.209 %) Minerva 7 2 (0.209 %) Oracle Applications 7 2 (0.209 %) PeopleSoft Financials 7 2 (0.209 %) SAP ERP 7 2 (0.209 %) SAP Bank Analyzer 8 1 (0.105 %) InvestOne 8 1 (0.105 %) Eagle PACE 8 1 (0.105 %) Eagle STAR
Communications & Networking 1 24 (2.510 %) Firewall 2 18 (1.883 %) Intranet 3 16 (1.674 %) LAN 4 14 (1.464 %) TCP/IP 4 14 (1.464 %) DNS 5 13 (1.360 %) Internet 5 13 (1.360 %) OSPF 5 13 (1.360 %) BGP 6 12 (1.255 %) WAN 6 12 (1.255 %) DHCP 7 10 (1.046 %) VPN 8 8 (0.837 %) SAN 8 8 (0.837 %) NetScreen 8 8 (0.837 %) Cisco PIX 9 6 (0.628 %) Network Security 9 6 (0.628 %) VoIP 9 6 (0.628 %) EIGRP 9 6 (0.628 %) Extranet 10 5 (0.523 %) VLAN 10 5 (0.523 %) Cisco ASA	Database & Business Intelligence 1 80 (8.368 %) SQL Server 2 43 (4.498 %) Datawarehouse 3 30 (3.138 %) BusinessObjects 4 14 (1.464 %) OLAP 4 14 (1.464 %) Crystal Reports 4 14 (1.464 %) SQL Server 2005 5 13 (1.360 %) SQL Server 2000 6 9 (0.941 %) ETL 7 7 (0.732 %) TOAD 8 6 (0.628 %) DB2 8 6 (0.628 %) MS Access 8 6 (0.628 %) Reference Data 9 5 (0.523 %) DTS 9 5 (0.523 %) RDBMS 10 4 (0.418 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 11 3 (0.314 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 11 3 (0.314 %) GIS 11 3 (0.314 %) Oracle 10g 11 3 (0.314 %) Oracle Reports 12 2 (0.209 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 35 (3.661 %) TestDirector 2 14 (1.464 %) Visual Studio 3 9 (0.941 %) ClearCase 3 9 (0.941 %) QuickTest Pro 4 7 (0.732 %) JUnit 5 6 (0.628 %) Selenium 6 5 (0.523 %) WinRunner 6 5 (0.523 %) ClearQuest 7 4 (0.418 %) LoadRunner 8 3 (0.314 %) Subversion 8 3 (0.314 %) Ant 8 3 (0.314 %) Oracle Forms 9 2 (0.209 %) PVCS 9 2 (0.209 %) VSS/SourceSafe 9 2 (0.209 %) MSI 9 2 (0.209 %) NUnit 9 2 (0.209 %) RequisitePro 9 2 (0.209 %) PeopleTools 9 2 (0.209 %) FitNesse 10 1 (0.105 %) TestComplete	General 1 318 (33.26 %) Finance 2 290 (30.33 %) Banking 3 200 (20.92 %) Investment Banking 4 102 (10.67 %) Front Office 5 51 (5.335 %) Back Office 6 44 (4.603 %) Retail 7 42 (4.393 %) Insurance 8 34 (3.556 %) Financial Institution 9 26 (2.720 %) Retail Banking 10 25 (2.615 %) Government 11 19 (1.987 %) Marketing 12 16 (1.674 %) Health 13 14 (1.464 %) Telecoms 14 13 (1.360 %) Music 14 13 (1.360 %) Music Industry 15 12 (1.255 %) Education 15 12 (1.255 %) Legal 16 11 (1.151 %) Publishing 16 11 (1.151 %) Pharmaceutical 17 10 (1.046 %) Pensions
Miscellaneous 1 161 (16.84 %) Derivative 2 79 (8.264 %) Equities 3 39 (4.079 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 3 39 (4.079 %) Fixed Income 4 33 (3.452 %) Credit Derivative 4 33 (3.452 %) Equity Derivative 5 31 (3.243 %) NHS 6 30 (3.138 %) Credit Risk 7 18 (1.883 %) Market Risk 8 15 (1.569 %) Management Information System 8 15 (1.569 %) Interest Rate Derivative 9 12 (1.255 %) Statistics 10 9 (0.941 %) Blackberry 11 8 (0.837 %) Client/Server 12 6 (0.628 %) AS400 12 6 (0.628 %) Mathematics 13 4 (0.418 %) N-Tier 14 3 (0.314 %) Tandem 14 3 (0.314 %) Contract for Difference 15 2 (0.209 %) DTCC	Operating Systems 1 131 (13.70 %) Windows 2 87 (9.100 %) UNIX 3 48 (5.021 %) Windows Server 2003 4 27 (2.824 %) Solaris 5 22 (2.301 %) Linux 6 21 (2.197 %) Red Hat Linux 7 17 (1.778 %) Windows 2000 7 17 (1.778 %) Windows XP 8 16 (1.674 %) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 7 (0.732 %) Windows Vista 10 6 (0.628 %) Windows 2000 Server 11 3 (0.314 %) Windows Mobile 12 2 (0.209 %) Windows Server 2008 12 2 (0.209 %) Windows NT 13 1 (0.105 %) Debian
Processes & Methodologies 1 126 (13.18 %) Business Analysis 2 79 (8.264 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 60 (6.276 %) Project Management 4 56 (5.858 %) Investment Management 5 55 (5.753 %) UML 6 46 (4.812 %) Change Management 7 41 (4.289 %) Migration 8 39 (4.079 %) Agile Software Development 9 38 (3.975 %) Asset Management 10 34 (3.556 %) OO 10 34 (3.556 %) Use Case 11 31 (3.243 %) Test Scripting 12 30 (3.138 %) PRINCE2 12 30 (3.138 %) Data Modelling 12 30 (3.138 %) Risk Management 13 25 (2.615 %) Scrum 14 23 (2.406 %) Data Analysis 15 21 (2.197 %) ITIL 16 19 (1.987 %) Data Migration 17 17 (1.778 %) RUP	Programming Languages 1 201 (21.03 %) SQL 2 71 (7.427 %) Java 3 59 (6.172 %) C# 4 35 (3.661 %) C++ 5 31 (3.243 %) Perl 6 21 (2.197 %) Transact-SQL 7 19 (1.987 %) PL/SQL 7 19 (1.987 %) Shell Script 8 13 (1.360 %) C 8 13 (1.360 %) JavaScript 9 10 (1.046 %) VB 10 9 (0.941 %) VB.NET 11 7 (0.732 %) VBScript 12 6 (0.628 %) RPG 12 6 (0.628 %) VBA 12 6 (0.628 %) Korn 13 5 (0.523 %) PowerShell 14 2 (0.209 %) VB6 15 1 (0.105 %) SAS Macro 15 1 (0.105 %) VC++
Qualifications 1 56 (5.858 %) ISEB 2 38 (3.975 %) Degree 3 23 (2.406 %) Cisco Certification 4 16 (1.674 %) Microsoft Certification 5 13 (1.360 %) MCSE 6 10 (1.046 %) CCNA 7 9 (0.941 %) Citrix Certification 7 9 (0.941 %) CCNP 8 6 (0.628 %) CCIE 9 5 (0.523 %) MCP 9 5 (0.523 %) ISTQB 10 3 (0.314 %) MCSA 10 3 (0.314 %) ITIL Certification 10 3 (0.314 %) ACCA 10 3 (0.314 %) CIMA 11 2 (0.209 %) CCSP 11 2 (0.209 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 12 1 (0.105 %) CCSA 12 1 (0.105 %) CCSE 12 1 (0.105 %) RHCT	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 42 (4.393 %) QA 2 9 (0.941 %) Basel II 3 3 (0.314 %) GCP 3 3 (0.314 %) ISO9000 3 3 (0.314 %) GxP 4 2 (0.209 %) SLA 4 2 (0.209 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 5 1 (0.105 %) ISO9001 5 1 (0.105 %) MiFID
System Software 1 37 (3.870 %) Active Directory 2 20 (2.092 %) NetBackup 2 20 (2.092 %) NFS 3 9 (0.941 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 9 (0.941 %) VMware ESX 4 6 (0.628 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 5 (0.523 %) ISA Server 6 2 (0.209 %) Samba 6 2 (0.209 %) AquaLogic 7 1 (0.105 %) VMware Workstation 7 1 (0.105 %) Terminal Server	Systems Management 1 5 (0.523 %) AutoSys 2 3 (0.314 %) MAILsweeper 3 2 (0.209 %) WSUS 4 1 (0.105 %) BMC Marimba 4 1 (0.105 %) OpenView 4 1 (0.105 %) Unicenter 4 1 (0.105 %) CONTROL-M 4 1 (0.105 %) ARCserve 4 1 (0.105 %) MIMEsweeper
Vendors 1 92 (9.623 %) Oracle 2 60 (6.276 %) Microsoft 3 48 (5.021 %) Sybase 4 30 (3.138 %) Business Objects 5 28 (2.929 %) Cisco 6 26 (2.720 %) Calypso 7 24 (2.510 %) Fidessa 8 22 (2.301 %) VERITAS 8 22 (2.301 %) Red Hat 8 22 (2.301 %) VMware 9 18 (1.883 %) OpenLink 10 17 (1.778 %) Citrix 11 15 (1.569 %) SAP 12 14 (1.464 %) TIBCO 13 11 (1.151 %) IBM 13 11 (1.151 %) HP 13 11 (1.151 %) LatentZero 14 9 (0.941 %) Charles River 14 9 (0.941 %) Bloomberg 15 8 (0.837 %) Mantas